I wanna go back   I wanna go back      'Cause I remember way back when   Got kicked out the crib and had a place to stay in the Clem   With some friends George and Jay   We were the funky fresh crew and I'd DJ      What a shock it was to be on the set   Comin' from a nice home, now livin' in the projects   No regrets 'cause I learned a lot   And I earned a lot in the parkin' lot      Doin' dirt for the O.G's slangin' rock   They used to call me that little white kid   Who could rock on the two turntables   And that ain't no fable      Watchin' Eddie Murphy   Instead of Clark Gable   My whole lifestyle switched Hoss   Puttin' in hours at the 76 car wash      But I could never wait for them weekends to come   Dum ditty, dum ditty, ditty dum dum   Boom, chick boom, the bass went   On turntables fuckin' it up in Duke's basement      Groove time productions, we kept the jam jumpin'   Open up your ears I'm tryin' to tell you somethin'   And give some love back to those that loved me   206 Court street and my second mom Tracy      Little Keesha and Cole   My mellow blow and my homegirl Flo   Rock round see, you could find me some   But I kept my tables in the crib when I wasn't in the club      Tom Rich and Mike Shafer used to give me rides   And buy me groceries when I didn't have no paper   And I'm grateful for this, sometimes I look back   And it's these times I miss, makin' demos on my old four track      Sometimes, I can't help but think   I wanna go back, I wanna go back   (Back in the time)   I wanna go back, I wanna go back   (I wanna go way back, way back ya'll)   I wanna go back, I wanna go back   (Back in the time)      I got kicked out again for bein' fly   Got invited to stay with Tony and Eli   An' they treated me like brothers   R I P to their cool ass mother      An my brother Din Dada   For the homies up here I still gotta lot of love   I wanna go back, way back   To change things and bring ya'll back      I'm pourin' beer out for ya'll   I'm singin' I saw the light from my cousin Paul   Life brings a lot of tragedy   I look around at times and it's so sad to see      A wasted life or a broken home   But all I can do is take care of my own   I feel so alone like a stranger   But sometimes I express my love through my anger      And I've lost a lot of friends for this   Blackman, T-Bone, Ernest KDC and Chris   And the rest of the Beast crew   I ain't sayin' that I'm awe but I still got love for you      'Cause I remember how it used to be   Make way motherfuckers beast crew's in the party   To the right, to the left   Me, black men and Funk Daddy Def Stef      And sometimes I feel blessed for sure   To a been a part of one of raps last great tours   Ice Cube, Too Short, D-Nice, yo yo   Kid Rock and it don't stop      I wanna go back, I wanna go back   (Back in the time)   I wanna go back, I wanna go back   (I wanna go way back, way back ya'll)   I wanna go back, I wanna go back   (Back in the time)      I remember little Robert 'cause I stayed with him   I used ta go and see Campbell, when I needed a trim   And when times got grim and it seemed that I lost my way   I used to get blown of with Reve      Bumpin' shoulders and slappin' hands   Willie Knight had a disco, right in his basement man   Them New Haven jams   Me and Blackman runnin' crazy scams      Not a black or white thing, a wrong or right thing   Just makin' that money and pullin' them honeys   Spandex shorts and the halter tops   Slangin' them rocks and runnin' from the cops      The only white kid walkin' round on the block   Cruisin' in Amp's low ridin' ragtop   Go see Howard for what ya need   Underage buyin' forties and bags of weed      Late night liquor from Bubba Coles   People used to say, Rock you got soul   Vince looked out and so did Lou   Had a studio budget from the cocaine loot      Chuck D and Murph were the original three   And now Richard D and Cracker are down with me   I got a studio records and a taste of fame   But when I roll through the Clem it's still all the same      Even though things change, you know I ain't forgot   'Cause the love from the past gave birth to Kid Rock   But it's hard to go back to the things I knew   'Cause the new life I have now lives for two      Yeah and that's where I'm at, I wanna go back   (Back in the time)   And that's where I'm at, I wanna go back   (I wanna go way back, way back ya'll)   I wanna go back   (Back in the time)      Bring it down   Let it ride, let it ride   Way back, way back ya'll